An animal toilet includes: a front-rear direction, a right-left direction, and a height direction; an upper container that is to be placed with excrement treating material on a bottom portion having a plurality of holes through which urine passes, the bottom portion being a part positioned lowest inside the upper container, in a state where an absorbent body has been placed in a tray, a central position of the bottom portion of the upper container being arranged nearer to a rear side than a central position of the absorbent body, in the front-rear direction; the tray that is to be placed with the absorbent body that absorbs urine that has passed through the holes; and a lower container put below the upper container, the lower container storing the tray.
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1. An animal toilet comprising:
a front-rear direction, a right-left direction, and a height direction;
an upper container that is to be placed with excrement treating material on a bottom portion having a plurality of holes through which urine passes, the bottom portion being a part positioned lowest inside the upper container and having a center in the front-rear direction which center is equal distance from front and rear ends of the bottom portion;
an absorbent body that absorbs urine that passes through the plurality of holes of the upper container, the absorbent body having a center in the front-rear direction which center is equal distance from front and rear ends of the absorbent body;
a tray for holding the absorbent body;
a lower container put below the upper container;
a tray received in the lower container for holding an absorbent body that absorbs urine that passes through the plurality of holes in the upper container, the tray having a front side and a rear side; and
a restraining mechanism that restrains the upper container from being put on the lower container in a reverse direction in the front-rear direction, at the time of putting the upper container on the lower container in the height direction
wherein
the lower container is configured to receive and store the tray by inserting the tray into the lower container in the front-rear direction with either the front side or the rear side of the tray being inserted first,
grip portions are provided on the front side and the rear side of the tray, and
the tray is symmetrically shaped in the front-rear direction,
wherein
the center of the bottom portion of the upper container is arranged nearer to a rear side than the center of the absorbent body in the front-rear direction.
13. An animal toilet comprising:
a front-rear direction, a right-left direction, and a height direction;
an upper container that is to be placed with excrement treating material on a bottom portion having a plurality of holes through which urine passes, the bottom portion being a part positioned lowest inside the upper container and having a center in the front-rear direction which center is equal distance from front and rear ends of the bottom portion;
an absorbent body that absorbs urine that passes through the plurality of holes of the upper container, the absorbent body having a center in the front-rear direction which center is equal distance from front and rear ends of the absorbent body;
a tray for holding the absorbent body;
a lower container put below the upper container;
a tray received in the lower container for holding an absorbent body that absorbs urine that passes through the plurality of holes in the upper container, side protruding portions protruding outward in the right-left direction are provided in edge portions of both sides of the lower container in the right-left direction, the tray having a front side and a rear side, and
a cover that is arranged above the upper container, hole portions that penetrate through in the right-left direction being provided in edge portions of both sides of the cover in the right-left direction, in the case where the cover is arranged so that a front side of the lower container and a rear side of the cover are aligned, the hole portions and the side protruding portions not fitting together
wherein
the lower container is configured to receive and store the tray by inserting the tray into the lower container in the front-rear direction with either the front side or the rear side of the tray being inserted first,
grip portions are provided on the front side and the rear side of the tray, and
the tray is symmetrically shaped in the front-rear direction,
wherein
the center of the bottom portion of the upper container is arranged nearer to a rear side than the center of the absorbent body in the front-rear direction.
2. An animal toilet according to
the restraining mechanism has claw portions provided to both sides in the right-left direction of the upper container, and protruding portions provided to edge portions on both sides in the right-left direction of the lower container, and
in the case where the lower container and the upper container are put on each other so that a front side of the lower container and a rear side of the upper container are aligned, the claw portions and the protruding portions interfere with each other.
3. An animal toilet according to
the restraining mechanism has a to-be-engaged portion provided to one of a front side edge portion and a rear side edge portion of the upper container, and an engaging portion provided to an edge portion on a same side as where the to-be-engaged portion is provided of one of the front side edge portion and the rear side edge portion of the lower container, and
in the case where the upper container is put on the lower container so that a front side of the lower container and a rear side of the upper container are aligned, one of interference of the engaging portion with an edge portion of the upper container and interference of the to-be-engaged portion with an edge portion of the lower container occurs.
4. An animal toilet according to
the lower container can store the tray by changing a direction of the tray in the front-rear direction.
5. An animal toilet according to
a step portion that is a part formed with a level difference in the height direction is provided in between an edge portion to a front side and the bottom portion of the upper container.
6. An animal toilet according to
the step portion has
a front step portion and
a rear step portion positioned nearer to a rear side in the front-rear direction than the front step portion, the rear step portion having a greater inclination than the front step portion.
7. An animal toilet according to
the lower container can store the tray by changing a direction of the tray in the front-rear direction.
8. An animal toilet according to
the lower container can store the tray by changing a direction of the tray in the front-rear direction.
9. An animal toilet according to
a step portion that is a part formed with a level difference in the height direction is provided in between an edge portion to a front side and the bottom portion of the upper container.
10. An animal toilet according to
a step portion that is a part formed with a level difference in the height direction is provided in between an edge portion to a front side and the bottom portion of the upper container.
11. An animal toilet according to
a step portion that is a part formed with a level difference in the height direction is provided in between an edge portion to a front side and the bottom portion of the upper container.
12. An animal toilet according to
the tray can be received in and removed from the lower container while the upper container is held by the lower container.
14. An animal toilet according to
the lower container can store the tray by changing a direction of the tray in the front-rear direction.
15. An animal toilet according to
a step portion that is a part formed with a level difference in the height direction is provided in between an edge portion to a front side and the bottom portion of the upper container.
16. An animal toilet according to
the tray can be received in and removed from the lower container while the upper container is held by the lower container.
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The present application is a 35 U.S.C. § 371 national stage filing of International Patent Application No. PCT/JP2015/057098, filed Mar. 11, 2015, to which priority is claimed under 35 U.S.C. § 120 and through which priority is claimed under 35 U.S.C. § 119 to Japanese Priority Patent Application No. 2015-040206, filed Mar. 2, 2015.
The present invention relates to toilets for animals.
An animal toilet which is used by animals such as cats is conventionally known. For example, PTL 1 discloses an animal toilet including an upper part container having an opening through which the animal enters and exits and a liquid permeable bottom surface portion that passes through urine that has been excreted, a placing container for placing an absorbent sheet that absorbs urine that has passed through the bottom surface portion, and a lower portion container positioned below the bottom surface portion and that stores the placement container while supporting the upper part container.
During use of such an animal toilet, usually, particulate matters (excrement treating material) such as cat litter is disposed on the liquid-permeable bottom surface portion, and an animal such as a cat excretes on the particulate matters. But, since the particulate matters are in a state of being merely scattered on the bottom surface portion, due to such as the action of the animal mixing the particulate matters with legs after excreting, there are cases where the particulate matters that have become dirty with excretions spill outside of the animal toilet. In particular, the front part of the upper part container is provided with an opening portion (entrance/exit) through which the animal enters and exits, thus in the case where the particulate matters are disposed near the front part of the upper part container, the particulate matters become easy to leak outside from the entrance/exit. Therefore, in order to suppress the particulate matters such as cat litter from leaking outside, it is preferable that the particulate matters are disposed to the rear side of the animal toilet.
This invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an objective thereof is to provide an animal toilet in which particulate matters can be easily disposed to the rear side in a front-rear direction.
A main aspect of the invention for achieving the above objective is an animal toilet including:
a front-rear direction, a right-left direction, and a height direction;
an upper container that is to be placed with excrement treating material on a bottom portion having a plurality of holes through which urine passes, the bottom portion being a part positioned lowest inside the upper container, in a state where an absorbent body has been placed in a tray, a central position of the bottom portion of the upper container being arranged nearer to a rear side than a central position of the absorbent body, in the front-rear direction;
the tray that is to be placed with the absorbent body that absorbs urine that has passed through the holes; and
a lower container put below the upper container, the lower container storing the tray.
Other features of the present invention will be made clear through the present specification with reference to the accompanying drawings.
According to the present invention, an animal toilet can be provided in which particulate matters can be easily disposed to the rear side in the front-rear direction.
At least the following matters will become clear through the description of the present specification and the accompanying drawings.
An animal toilet including:
a front-rear direction, a right-left direction, and a height direction;
an upper container that is to be placed with excrement treating material on a bottom portion having a plurality of holes through which urine passes, the bottom portion being a part positioned lowest inside the upper container, in a state where an absorbent body has been placed in a tray, a central position of the bottom portion of the upper container being arranged nearer to a rear side than a central position of the absorbent body, in the front-rear direction;
the tray that is to be placed with the absorbent body that absorbs urine that has passed through the holes; and
a lower container put below the upper container, the lower container storing the tray.
According to such an animal toilet, the position of the bottom portion which is the lowest part of the upper container will be nearer to the rear side in the front-rear direction than the position of the absorbent body, thus in the case where cat litter (excrement treating material) and the like is placed in the upper container, the excrement treating material will easily collect to the rear side of the animal toilet. Thus, spilling of the excrement treating material to outside of the toilet from the opening of the entrance/exit provided to the front of the animal toilet can be easily suppressed.
With the animal toilet, it is preferable that wherein
at the time of putting the upper container on the lower container in the height direction,
a restraining mechanism that restrains the upper container from being put on the lower container in a reverse direction in the front-rear direction is included.
According to such an animal toilet, by putting the upper container on the lower container in a reverse direction in the front-rear direction, the position of the bottom portion of the upper container can be suppressed from being near to the front in the front-rear direction. Thus, the excrement treating material can be suppressed from being placed to the front side of the animal toilet, and the excrement treating material will not easily spill outside.
With the animal toilet, it is preferable that wherein
the restraining mechanism has claw portions provided to both sides in the right-left direction of the upper container, and protruding portions provided to edge portions on both sides in the right-left direction of the lower container, and
in the case where the lower container and the upper container are put on each other so that a front side of the lower container and a rear side of the upper container are aligned, the claw portions and the protruding portions interfere with each other.
According to such an animal toilet, in the case where the assembling direction (placing direction) of the upper container to the lower container is in a reverse direction in the front-rear direction, by the claw portions and the protruding portions interfering with each other, a user can recognize the mistake of the placing direction. Thus, the upper container can be suppressed from being put on the lower container in a reverse direction in the front-rear direction, and the bottom portion of the upper container can be correctly arranged to the rear side of the animal toilet.
With the animal toilet, it is preferable that wherein
the restraining mechanism has a to-be-engaged portion provided to one of a front side edge portion and a rear side edge portion of the upper container, and an engaging portion provided to an edge portion on a same side as where the to-be-engaged portion is provided of one of the front side edge portion and the rear side edge portion of the lower container, and
in the case where the upper container is put on the lower container so that a front side of the lower container and a rear side of the upper container are aligned, one of interference of the engaging portion with an edge portion of the upper container and interference of the to-be-engaged portion with an edge portion of the lower container occurs .
According to such an animal toilet, in the case where the assembling direction (placing direction) of the upper container to the lower container is in a reverse direction in the front-rear direction, by the engaging portions of the lower container and the edge portions of the upper container interfering and the like, the user can easily recognize the mistake of the placing direction. Thus, the upper container can be suppressed from being put on the lower container in a reverse direction in the front-rear direction, and the bottom portion of the upper container can be correctly arranged to the rear side of the animal toilet.
With the animal toilet, it is preferable that wherein
a cover that is arranged above the upper container is included,
hole portions that penetrate through in the right-left direction are provided in edge portions of both sides of the cover in the right-left direction,
side protruding portions protruding outward in the right-left direction are provided in edge portions of both sides of the lower container in the right-left direction, and
in the case where the cover is arranged so that a front side of the lower container and a rear side of the cover are aligned, the hole portions and the side protruding portions do not fit.
According to such an animal toilet, in the case where the assembling direction of the cover to the lower container (upper container) is in a reverse direction in the front-rear direction, the hole portions and the side protruding portions do not fit, and thus the user can easily recognize the mistake of the assembling direction of the cover. Thus, the opening portion that is an entrance/exit of the toilet can be suppressed from being faced to the rear side in the front-rear direction.
With the animal toilet, it is preferable that wherein
the lower container can store the tray by changing a direction of the tray in the front-rear direction.
According to such an animal toilet, the user can change the placing direction of the absorbent body in the front and the rear direction, without touching the absorbent body that is placed in the tray, and by using the absorbent body that has been changed in the front and the rear direction, the animal toilet can be used efficiently and hygienically.
With the animal toilet, it is preferable that wherein
a step portion that is a part formed with a level difference in the height direction is provided in between an edge portion to a front side and the bottom portion of the upper container.
According to such an animal toilet, a conical part is formed to the lower side in the height direction of the step portion inside the upper container. By placing cat litter (excrement treating material) and the like in the above conical part, the excrement treating material is restrained from moving to the front side, and the excrement treating material can be restrained from spilling outside the animal toilet.
With the animal toilet, it is preferable that wherein
According to such an animal toilet, at the time the animal excretes in the animal toilet, the front step portion formed in a substantially horizontal plane shape functions as a leg rest platform to place the forelegs of the animal. Thus, the animal can easily excrete facing the front side of the animal toilet, and excretion to the rear side of the upper container can be facilitated.
Embodiment Mode
<Overall Configuration>
An animal toilet 1 will be described as an example of an animal toilet of this embodiment mode.
The animal toilet 1 includes an upper container 10, a lower container 20, a tray 30, and a cover 40, and with these four members the animal toilet 1 in a state to be used as shown in
It should be noted that, each of the upper container 10, the lower container 20, the tray 30, and the cover 40 are formed with polyolefin base thermoplastic resin such as polyethylene, polypropylene, polyethylene terephthalate and the like. However, the material for forming each member is not limited to such. For example, resin other than the above may do or metal plates such as stainless steel plates, aluminum plates and the like may do.
The bottom portion 11 is a part that configures a bottom surface of the upper container 10, and is positioned lowest in the height direction of the upper container 10 (refer to
During use of the animal toilet 1, particulate matters such as cat litter are placed on the upper surface of the urine passing portion 100, and the animal such as a cat excretes on the above particulate matters. In this embodiment mode, excrement treating material 210 is placed as shown in
The edge portion 12 is a part that configures an outer edge in the front-rear direction and the left-right direction of the upper container 10, and the edge portion 12 has a front side edge portion 12f, a rear side edge portion 12b, a right side edge portion 12r, and a left side edge portion 12l. This edge portion 12 has a shape that is folded back to the outside in an upper end portion of the upper container 10, and can be overlapped in the height direction with the edge portion 22 of the lower container 20 to be described later. Further, each of a pair of claw portions 121 that extends in the height direction as shown by broken lines in
The step portion 13 is a part formed with a level difference between the front side edge portion 12f and the bottom portion 11, and has a front step portion 13a that is a region to the front side in the front-rear direction and a rear step portion 13b that is a region to the rear side in the front-rear direction. The front step portion 13a and the rear step portion 13b have different inclination angles, and the front step portion 13a has a smaller inclination angle than the rear step portion 13b in the animal toilet 1. For this reason, a step is formed as shown in
The inclined portion 14 has a rear side inclined portion 14b, a right side inclined portion 14r, and a left side inclined portion 14l. The rear side inclined portion 14b is a part that connects the rear side edge portion 12b and the bottom portion 11, and the right side inclined portion 14r is a part that connects the right side edge portion 12r and the bottom portion 11, and the left side inclined portion 14l is a part that connects the left side edge portion 12l and the bottom portion 11. Each portion forms a part each inclined between the edge portion 12 and the bottom portion 11, and thus the upper container 10 is formed into a substantially box-shape as shown in
The tray storing portion 25 is a part that stores the tray 30. As shown in
The grip portions 33 are parts formed in both end portions in the front-rear direction of the tray 30, and at the time of storing the tray 30 in the lower container 20 or drawing out the tray 30 from the lower container 20, the grip portions 33 are gripped and operated so as to slidingly move the tray 30 in the front-rear direction. It should be noted that, as described above, the tray 30 in this embodiment mode is a symmetrical shape in the front-rear direction, thus the tray can be changed in the front-rear direction and housed in the lower container 20.
The cover 40 has an entrance/exit opening portion 41, the side wall portions 42, and edge portions 43, and the cover is placed above the upper container 10 and the lower container 20 (refer to
Further, in this embodiment mode, as shown in
At the time an animal such as a cat is excreting, the animal enters into the animal toilet 1 from the entrance/exit opening portion 41, and excretes such as urine in the part of the urine passing portion 100 that has been placed with the particulate excrement treating material 210 on the upper surface of the upper container 10. The excreted urine comes in contact with the excrement treating material 210 and passes through the plurality of the slits 101 of the urine passing portion 100 and drops to below. Then, the urine is absorbed with the absorbent body 220 placed below the urine passing portion 100, and stored in the tray 30. By the user replacing the absorbent body 220 that absorbs urine regularly, the user can use the animal toilet 1 hygienically.
<Arrangement of Urine Passing Portion 100>
In general, at the time of using the animal toilet, particulate matters (correspond to the excrement treating material 210 in this embodiment mode) such as cat litter is placed on the upper surface side of the upper container. The particulate matters are in a state scattered on the upper surface of the upper container and are not fixed, thus there is a possibility of the particulate matters spilling outside the animal toilet from the entrance/exit portion that is open to the front side of the animal toilet. In particular, the possibility of spilling increases, at the time the animal mixes the particulate matter after excreting with its legs, or during the animal entering/exiting the animal toilet. In order to suppress the above spilling, the particulate matters are preferably arranged as near to the rear side as possible of the upper container.
Further, with the animal toilet that absorbs and holds excreted urine with such as an absorbent sheet placed below the upper container, there is a case where the placing position of the absorbent sheet is displaced while the animal toilet is being used. For example, with the animal toilet 1 in this embodiment mode, due to the influence of inertia at the time of drawing out the tray 30 to the front side from the lower container 20, and adversely due to the impact at the time of storing the tray 30 in the lower container 20, there is a case where the absorbent body 220 is gradually displaced to the rear side of the tray 30. In the case where the animal excretes urine and the like to the front side in a state where the absorbent body 220 is displaced to the rear side, the absorbent body 220 cannot absorb the urine, and it may become difficult to maintain a hygienic state. Thus, in order to make the animal excrete as near to the rear side of the animal toilet 1 as possible, the excrement treating material 210 is preferably placed near to the rear side of the upper container 10.
On the contrary, in this embodiment mode, by arranging the region of the bottom portion 11 having the urine passing portion 100 near to the rear of the upper container 10, the excrement treating material 210 is suppressed from spilling outside.
The central position CLa of the absorbent body 220 is positioned in substantially the center in the front-rear direction of the animal toilet 1, whereas the central position CLb of the urine passing portion 100 is positioned near to the rear side than the center in the front-rear direction of the animal toilet 1. In other words, with the animal toilet 1 in this embodiment mode, with the absorbent body 220 in a placed state, in the front-rear direction, the central position of the urine passing portion 100 of the upper container 10 is arranged near to the rear side than the central position of the absorbent body 220. This urine passing portion 100 is formed in the bottom portion 11 which is at the lowest inside the upper container 10 (the upper surface side) as shown in
Further, since the step portion 13 is provided to the front in the front-rear direction of the upper container 10, the animal toilet 1 is configured so that the excrement treating material 210 easily stays near to the rear side. As shown in
Further, since the front step portion 13a is formed in a substantially horizontal flat shape, at the time the animal excretes inside the animal toilet 1, the front step portion 13a functions as a leg rest platform for the animal to place its forelegs. In this way, the animal can easily excrete while facing toward the front side and putting its forelegs on the front step portion 13a, and excretion of urine and the like to the rear side of the upper container 10 can be facilitated.
In this way, by providing the urine passing portion 100 to the rear side in the front-rear direction, the particulate excrement treating material 210 can also be easily placed to the rear side of the upper container 10. Thus, even when the animal mixes the excrement treating material 210 with its legs during excreting, the excrement treating material 210 can be suppressed from spilling outside of the animal toilet 1 from the front entrance/exit opening portion 41 (entrance/exit). Further, the surrounding of the rear side of the animal toilet 1 is covered high with the cover 40 (the side wall portions 42). Specifically, the height of the left side wall portion 42f and the right side wall portion 42r of the cover 40 are higher in the rear side than the front side, and the height of the rear side wall portion 42b of the cover 40 is also made high. Thus, in the region to the rear side of the animal toilet 1, the excrement treating material 210 does not easily spill outside.
By the way, for the front-rear direction central position CLb of the bottom portion 11 (the urine passing portion 100) of the upper container 10 to be arranged near to the rear side than the front-rear direction central position CLa of the absorbent body 220 (refer to
On the contrary, in this embodiment mode the step portion 13 is provided to the front of the upper container 10, thus the configuration is such that the front and the rear of the upper container 10 can easily be determined visually. Further, the animal toilet 1 has a restraining mechanism to restrain the lower container 20 and the upper container 10 from being put on each other in a reverse direction in the front-rear direction.
In
On the other hand, in
In this way, since the claw portions 121 and the protruding portions 221 function as the restraining mechanism, in the case where the assembling direction (placing direction) of the upper container 10 to the lower container 20 is a reverse direction in the front-rear direction, the user can recognize at a glance the mistake of the placing direction. Thus, the upper container 10 is restrained from being put on in the reverse direction in the front-rear direction, and the bottom portion 11 (the urine passing portion 100) of the upper container 10 can be restrained from being arranged to the front side of the animal toilet 1.
It should be noted that the restraining mechanism that restrains the lower container 20 and the upper container 10 from being put on each other in a reverse direction in the front-rear direction is not limited to the example in
It should be noted that, the notch portion 123 and the protruding portion 223 that are the restraining mechanism may be both formed to the rear side in the front-rear direction. In the case where the restraining mechanism is formed in at least either one of the front-rear direction, at the time when the upper container 10 is put on the lower container 20 in the reverse direction in the front-rear direction, interference between the end portions in the front-rear direction occurs, and a space is made between the edge portions, so that the containers are not put on each other correctly. In this way, the user can recognize the mistake in the placing direction. Further, the notch portion (the engaging portion) is provided in the edge portion 22 of the lower container 20, and the protruding portion (to-be-engaged portion) that conforms to the notch portion is provided to the edge portion 12 of the upper container 10, and the protruding portion of the upper container 10 and the edge portion of the lower container may interfere with each other.
Further, a restraining mechanism to restrain assembling in a reverse direction in the front-rear direction is also provided to the cover 40.
It should be noted that, with the animal toilet 1, as shown in
Further, with the animal toilet 1 in this embodiment mode, as explained in
As described above, with the animal toilet 1, the tray 30 can be stored in the lower container 20 with the front and the rear in the reverse direction. Thus, by changing the front and the rear direction of the whole tray 30 that is in a state placed with the absorbent body 220, the user can change the front and the rear direction of the absorbent body 220 without directly touching the absorbent body 220.
Other Embodiment Modes
The embodiment mode of this invention has been described above, and the above embodiment mode is to facilitate understating of this invention, and is not to limit understanding of the invention in any way. Further, this invention may be changed and modified without departing from the scope thereof, and it is needless to say that this invention includes its equivalents. For example, the modifications shown below are possible.
In the above described embodiment mode, as shown in
In the above described embodiment mode, the excrement treating material 210 that are particulate matters such as cat litter is placed on the bottom portion 11 of the upper container 10, but it is not limited to this in any way.
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